Moscow, Tokyo Set Talks Over Islands

MOSCOW—Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to resume stalled talks aimed at solving a long-standing territorial dispute, and signed a series of deals to increase economic cooperation.

"We both agreed that it is abnormal that we don't have a peace treaty 67 years after the end of the World War II," said a statement from the two leaders, released Monday after a summit meeting...